“Pilsen Coach Michal Bílek Defends Goalkeeper Jindra Despite Spring Struggle”

“Jindra himself realizes that he made a mistake. If I take his time in Pilsen, he picked up a lot of matches, he was excellent. Now in the spring came the period when we get stupid goals, including the one with Slovácko. But Jindra is a top goalkeeper, I won’t blame him for anything. He himself knows that it was an unnecessary goal,” said Pilsen coach Michal Bílek.

To have nerves of iron. During the spring, Viktoria scored several “strange” goals, including two of their own. For example, the one against Bohemians Prague was comical, when Hejda shot Chorý in the back during a kick-off, from which the ball flew over Staňek and ended up in the net. Staněk kept a clean sheet in the Doosan Arena in the spring only once (4:0 with Zlín).

On Saturday, he went for Kalabiška’s weak header, but the ball hit between his legs and stopped in the net. The stadium fell silent, everyone including the shooter was surprised. “Of course he made a mistake. But I wouldn’t make a science out of it, Jindra is a super goalkeeper, he kept us in a lot of matches,” said defender Radim Řezník, who joined the competition after nine months of muscle problems.

The home matches of the West Bohemians in the spring are like going through a photocopier. They don’t convert the chances they have, on the contrary, they collect mostly from the opponent’s first opportunity. In the first half against Slovácko, he went to Vydra’s goal alone, but Nguyen caught his attempt at a loop. Immediately, Chorý was unable to direct the ball into the open goal with his head.

“It’s always the same in the spring. Slovácko had two shots on goal, we scored two goals. We had great chances, we went to the goal ourselves, we had blocks, shots. “Unfortunately, we are not able to bring the match to a winning end,” sighed Bílek. His team no longer has a chance to defend, they are practically certain of third place. Is the coach not worried if the Victorians will find the necessary motivation in the remaining four duels?

“It is not necessary to motivate the players, football is their job. Some play for their next engagement, for money. The motivation in every game is great, I don’t see a problem with that. We need to play the rest of the league solidly. And most importantly, they won the next time at home against Olomouc,” Bílek added.